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The Strategic Defence Review 2025 - Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad
Policy paper
A root-and-branch review of UK Defence.
A number of military personnel have been granted state honours in the King’s Birthday Honours list for their work in the Armed Forces.
British Army to increase lethality over the next decade while Royal Navy steps up innovation in NATO
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British Army and Royal Navy to invest in innovative new programmes, through increased investment in drones and novel technologies to transform warfighting capability
First meeting of defence industry body to forge new partnership and industry mobilisation
Press release
Defence Secretary John Healey co-chairs the first Defence Industrial Joint Council meeting today, bringing together defence firms, trade unions and investors to forge a new partnership aimed at improving warfighting readiness, driving innovation and boosting British jobs.
The UK is investing a record £350m this year to increase the supply of drones to Ukraine from a target of 10,000 in 2024 to 100,000 in 2025
New munitions factories and long-range weapons to back nearly 2000 jobs under Strategic Defence Review
Press release
Procurement of up to 7,000 UK-built long-range weapons and £1.5 billion to build at least six munitions and energetics factories.
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